WANG Tianze , XU Jinliang , ZHENG Haonan , QI Jianhui . Performance and Sizes of sCO₂ Multistage Axial Compressors at Various Power Capacities[J]. Journal of Thermal Science, 2025 , 34(2) : 352 -373 . DOI: 10.1007/s11630-025-2091-8

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